RPC IV.4, 1567

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1567
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings; (two stars either side)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.12 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2823, DS Suppl pl 18, 116
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 1831 / 2847 / 12057
2 2     ✸ D 2823 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 354 = Roma Numismatics EA 46, 5 June 2018, lot 431
3 3     DS Suppl pl 18, 116 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 288
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 392